I for one enjoy the course and join the Kudo line, though I still have to adapt - memories of OLY re-appear from a year ago!
It also has been a pleasure to watch the US Open, albeit on streaming video, and recognize the holes and the places and discover new things like "teeing off 20 yds from the kitchen" (MEC #1). And, now we know that the roughs ARE that severe!
And real Merion gives something back to WGT: Their strong and stiff flagsticks react more like WGT's than any of those I've come across. Our argument of unreal physics is getting weak now - lol!